Bram Dorreman schreef: > At August 1st I noticed a flashing satellite while I was following > ISS. I was so bright to determine its flashing period. After the > observation session I identified this satellite as the one mentioned. > It was almost steady or steady during many of the previous years. On Bram's request, I photographed the R/B in question last night. Conditions were not ideal, as there was cirrus in the sky, but the flashing behaviour shows up in the images nevertheless. See: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2007/08/abrixas-rocket-99-022c-started-to-flash.html Nice bright object with maxima near +2, flashing behaviour with a period of a few seconds well visible. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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